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The team needed a win,
Our dreams would’ve come true,
Reja put five at the back,
He has clearly no clue.

The old man was afraid,
Of their pace in attack,
So he tried to be smart,
By putting roshi full back.

And still we would win,
If the rain hadn’t poured,
Dubois found griezmann,
And that’s how france scored.

We hoped it was a blessing,
A blessing in disguise,
Hopefully this tough loss,
Would send reja to his demise.

Though he didn’t get fired,
And it still is a mystery,
Why would reja want to be,
The oldest coach in history.

Now we’re stuck with this man,
And his old italian lingo,
How long will it be,
Before he’s back playing bingo.

[quote=Guest post_id=23834 time=1574092450]


Strakosha is just as bad with his feet.
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This is not true at all. Watch a Lazio game. They play a short passing game and they always pass it to Strakosha even under heavy pressure. Most of the time he picks the right accurate pass. He's comfortable on the ball, night and day compared to Berisha at least. You have a heart attack any time the ball even goes close to Berisha.

[quote=Guest post_id=23834 time=1574092450]
Would Strakosha have saved that? No.

You know who might have saved it? David De Gea or Navas.

Strakosha is just as bad with his feet.
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Who knows if he would have saved it.. what we can rely on though is probability, is there a better probability strakosha saves it than Berisha? 100%.. that save was a matter of positioning and reflexes, Berisha is slow and was out of position. We all know Strakosha has cat like reflexes so I’d put my trust in him going forward

Would Strakosha have saved that? No.

You know who might have saved it? David De Gea or Navas.

Strakosha is just as bad with his feet.

Berisha looked like moving in slow motion trying to save that. Was it a gk blunder?? No. Could it be saved? Absolutely. Obviously the players marking TOlisso are more at fault but a gk with quicker reflexes would've probably saved that.

They should just stick with Strakosha. There is a reason Berisha failed at BOTH Lazio and Atalanta and next year he'll be playing in Serie B. He's horrible with his feet and has slow reactions on many occasions.

Saw highlights and yeah Berisha should have done a lot better on the first. His positioning was bad. That was a saveable shot. It wasn't top corner.

I think he did good at coming out vs. Giroud later where it hit the post, but game was already over by that point.

[quote=Princ post_id=23825 time=1574036840 user_id=237]
The definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different result.. this formation got our asses handed to us last time against France and reja decides to go right back at it, only this time benching strakosha for Berisha and a few other little changes. This senile pensioner came to albania with this formation preplanned regardless of the players he’d find here(he explained this in his first press conference as our coach). His experiments have not worked and he keeps at it the stubborn old man, refusing to go back to more traditional methods of our team. The experiments must end now! Including the edi reja experiment!
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You're right on point. We simply don't have the players, especially in wings, to play in this formation. All of our full backs are limited offensively and all of our wingers are limited defensively. The beauty of 4-5-1 is that it hides these flaws as players stick to their strengths. In 3-5-2 , either they improve on their weaknesses or else it won't work. Also, having 2 strikers is useless if we can't create anyways.

This 3-5-2 bullshit needs to stop as it doesn't suit us at all. We need to go back to 4-5-1 or maybe even 4-2-3-1 like Kosova plays. We need a decent left back, bring Grezda back into the team, and find a third midfielder that will fit in with Gjasula and Bare. I don't think we're going to get anywhere with Ramadani, Qose, Balaj, Trashi, and even Lenjani is not the same anymore. Abrashi is good but limited offensively, maybe Selahi can become that all around center mid, and so far Ndoj has been a dissapointment but not shutting him all out yet.

[quote=Migjeni post_id=23827 time=1574037291 user_id=118]
I liked Bare, Berisha, Hysaj and Manaj today. Manaj mostly because he was fighting and working a lot. We need better defensive midfielders. Bring back Abrashi.
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Berisha made one good(lucky) save bro.. he was shaky all match, terrible passes, weak goal on his near post, give aways leading to counter, weak play at shots leading to free corner..he’s piss poor an emotional mess I’ll give him a D. The other 3 are consistent in their contributions game in game out, Reja deserves the biggest share of the blame here just like he also deserved it last match v andorra. Am also not a fan of alternating keepers, pick one or the other. It’s strakoshas time now, Berisha was yesterday’s news

I liked Bare, Berisha, Hysaj and Manaj today. Manaj mostly because he was fighting and working a lot. We need better defensive midfielders. Bring back Abrashi.